The International Day of Families is celebrated annually on 15 May in accordance with the resolution of the UN General Assembly to strengthen the role of the family and draw public attention to the protection of family values.
The International Day of Families is celebrated annually on 15 May in accordance with the resolution of the UN General Assembly to strengthen the role of the family and draw public attention to the protection of family values.
On 8 May 2024, hundreds of people took part in an event in Bratislava to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the Victory over Fascism. Victory over Fascism Day is a public holiday and a rest day in Slovakia.
4 May 2024 marks the 105th anniversary of the death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik – Slovak politician, French army general, diplomat, pilot, and astronomer. General Milan Rastislav Štefánik died in a plane crash on 4 May 1919 in the village of Ivanka pri Dunaji near Bratislava.
Applications for participation in the XII International Festival "Russian Song over the Danube" start in Slovakia.
For the twelfth time, Russian song lovers will gather. Professional and amateur groups and individual performers are invited to compete for the best performance of Russian song art.
With the arrival of May, Slovakia abounds with folk festivals and traditions. May 1, the Spring and Labor Day, is associated with the traditional setting up of trees decorated with colourful ribbons, known as “Maypoles,” and preparations for celebrating the so-called “Majáles”.
We dedicate today's section “RECOMMENDED FOR READING” to the mournful anniversary of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey).
Every year, according to the decision of the European Parliament of 15 April 2015, the date of 24 April is recognised as the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. This date was not chosen by chance. It was on this day in 1915 that the mass extermination of Armenian intellectuals began in Istanbul.